The Board denied the reopening of a previously denied claim for service connection for cause of death due to lack of new and material evidence, as all submitted evidence was cumulative or redundant.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received that would relate the Veteran's death to his service-connected psychosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19144638
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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